11 Specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 112
12 Backup and recovery – Windows 10 ........................................................................................................... 113
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 113
Creating HP Recovery media (select products only) ...................................................................... 114
Using Windows Tools ........................................................................................................................................ 115
Restore and recovery ........................................................................................................................................ 115
Recovering using HP Recovery Manager ........................................................................................ 116
What you need to know before you get started .......................................................... 116
Using the HP Recovery partition (select products only) .............................................. 117
Using HP Recovery media to recover ........................................................................... 117
Changing the computer boot order .............................................................................. 118
Removing the HP Recovery partition (select products only) ....................................... 118
13 Backup and recovery – Windows 8 ............................................................................................................. 119
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................................. 119
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 119
Using the Windows recovery tools ................................................................................................. 120
Using f11 recovery tools ................................................................................................................. 120
Using Windows operating system media (purchased separately) ................................................ 121
Using Windows Refresh or Windows Reset .................................................................................... 122
Using HP Software Setup ................................................................................................................ 122
14 Backup and recovery – Windows 7 ............................................................................................................. 123
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 123
Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................ 123
Creating recovery media with HP Recovery Disc Creator ............................................................... 123
Creating recovery media .............................................................................................. 124
Backing up your information .......................................................................................................... 124
Performing a system recovery .......................................................................................................................... 125
Using the Windows recovery tools ................................................................................................. 125
Using f11 recovery tools (select models only) ............................................................................... 126
Using Windows 7 operating system media .................................................................................... 126
15 Statement of Volatility ............................................................................................................................ 128
Non-volatile memory usage ............................................................................................................................. 130
Questions and answers ..................................................................................................................................... 132
16 Backup and recovery – Windows 7 ............................................................................................................. 123
Creating recovery media and backups .............................................................................................................. 134
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